The Year Ahead: 2019

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Well, another year is before us, and I doubt even a tenth of the games coming out this year are announced and listed anywhere, but we do our best here at Gamers With Jobs, and down below you will find a list of everything announced and confirmed, as of January 5th 2019, to be coming out in 2019.

First, the biggest news of 2019 is that Last of Us 2 and Days Gone are, apparently, different games. I know, I’m as shocked as you are. No Joke, I thought one was the subtitle of the other.

The second biggest news is that Mortal Kombat 11 is going to be coming to the Nintendo Switch. I’m sure all the sweat will be clear unless you enter a code to turn it red. If they add Wario as a console exclusive bonus character, that’s a day-one purchase right there, even if he’s just a reskin of Quan Chi.

The bottom biggest news is that the Nintendo Switch continues to party like it’s 2011, with ports of Terraria and Saints Row The Third – both of which I’ll probably buy.

And speaking of Nintendo being Nintendo: Kirby’s Epic Yarn, in a business decision only understandable by putting on your Nintendo Goggles, is only coming to the 3DS. (I know: Let’s re-release all of the bad Wii games on the Switch, but not the good ones! Brilliant! You’re promoted to head of development!) Thankfully someone at Nintendo is new enough to the company that they decided to release Luigi’s Mansion 3 and Yoshi’s Crafted World on their flagship platform instead of the sinking-ship one.

Moving away from Nintendo for a bit, I see that they’re making a Stranger Things game. Since Telltale doesn’t exist anymore it might have modern graphics and actual gameplay. If it’s just a reskin of Crossing Souls I wouldn’t be disappointed, but if I’m expected to care that forty percent of players made Dustin drink a glass of milk, I’ll probably skip it.

Psychonauts 2 comes to every console except the one people want to play it on, in a business decision that affirms why Tim Schafer’s games will always remain cult classics instead of major releases.

On my personal watch-list are Ape-Out, a violent, stylish game from Devolver (but I repeat myself) in which you play a gorilla escaping from captivity. If you think I’m not going to make a gorilla warfare joke in TWA when that one comes out, you haven’t been reading this long enough.

Layers of Fear 2 is due out sometime in 2019. My daughter and I had so much fun with the first one and all the DLC that I can’t wait to pick that one up. Speaking of playing games with my daughter, Dreams comes out this year, which is from Media Molecule. Considering my daughter is playing Little Big Planet 3 as I type this, I think I’ll go preorder that one right now.

Finally, getting back to Nintendo, there’s an Animal Crossing game coming out for the Switch. No commentary necessary, it’s just my game of the year.

Erik "Wordsmythe" Hanson

Gosh, I'm so far behind on things. Like, I'm interested enough in the new Civ 6 DLC, but I haven't pulled down the last one yet. Things aren't likely to clear up for me for at least a couple more months, but maybe I'll be able to enjoy the new Mechwarrior and annoy my spouse with the sounds of Toe Jam & Earl by the end of spring. It would be good to be Back In The Groove.

Here's the list, now in release-date order!

PC

Q1

Pikuniku - January 7

Aftercharge - January 10

Bury Me, My Love - January 10

Double Cross - January 10

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition - January 11

Onimusha: Warlords - January 15

Hell Warders - January 17

Octahedron - January 17

YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG - January 17

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown - February 1

Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal - January 18

At the Gates - January 23

Slay the Spire - January 23

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 - January 24

Life is Strange 2 – Episode 2: Rules - January 24

Resident Evil 2 Remake - January 25

Genesis: Alpha One - January 29

Planetside Arena - January 29

Fission Superstar X - January 31

Sunless Skies - January 31

Animal Super Squad - February 1

The Occupation - February 5

Away: Journey to the Unexpected – February

Astroneer - February 6

Ape Out - February 7

God Eater 3 - February 8

Arcade Spirits - February 12

Trials Rising - February 12

Outward - February 12

Civilization 6: Gathering Storm - February 14

Degrees of Separation - February 14

Crackdown 3 - February 15

Dead or Alive 6 - February 15

Far Cry: New Dawn - February 15

Jump Force - February 15

Metro: Exodus - February 15

Anthem - February 22

Anno 1800 - February 26

Dirt Rally 2.0 - February 26

ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove - March 1

Left Alive - March 5

Total War: Three Kingdoms - March 7

Devil May Cry 5 - March 8

The Caligula Effect - March 12

Willowbrooke Post - Steam Early Access - March 14

The Division 2 - March 15

One Piece World Seeker - March 15

The Sinking City - March 21

We. The Revolution - March 21

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - March 22

Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World - March 26

Q2

Mortal Kombat 11 - April 23

Rage 2 - May 14

Team Sonic Racing - May 21

Q3

Shenmue III - August 27

Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries - September 10

ANNOUNCED

Above - Early 2019

Beyond Blue - Early 2019

Carried Away - Early 2019

Children of Morta - Early 2019

This Is Pool - Early 2019

Close to the Sun - Early 2019

Killer Queen Black - Early 2019

Rebel Galaxy Outlaw - Early 2019

Songbird Symphony - Early 2019

Super Meat Boy Forever - Early 2019

Phoenix Point - Late 2019

The Settlers - Late 2019

4Sight

9 Monkeys of Shaolin

A Fold Apart

Afterparty

Age of Wonders: Planetfall

Alchemic Cutie

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Ary and the Secret of Seasons

Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland

Atone

Babylon’s Fall

Backworlds

Batalj

Battletoads

Bee Simulator

Biomutant

Blacksad: Under the Skin

Blazing Chrome

Bloodroots

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Body of Evidence

Brief Battles

Bubsy: Paws on Fire

Cat Quest 2: The Lupus Empire

Cloudpunk

Code Vein

Conan Unconquered

Constructer Plus

Control

Creaks

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

Dark Devotion

Decay of Logos

Desperados 3

Devil’s Hunt

Digimon Survive

Draugen

El Hijo

Eternity: The Last Unicorn

Fate/Extella Link

Felix The Reaper

Flotsam

Fury Unleashed

Gato Roboto

Gears 5

Generation Zero

Godhood

GreedFall

Harold Halibut

Hellbound

Infected Shelter

Inmost

In the Valley of Gods

Ion Maiden

Irony Curtain

Jenny LeClue

Journey to the Savage Planet

Later Alligator

Layers of Fear 2

Little Misfortune

Lost Ember

Lost Words: Beyond the Page

Lunacy: Saint Rhodes

Maid of Sker

Marz Rising

Mayonez

Metal Wolf Chaos XD

Minecraft: Dungeons

Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord

Moving Out

My Friend Pedro

Mythgard

Narcos: Rise of the Cartels

Necrobarista

Necromunda: Underhive Wars

Night Call

Notmycar

Observation

One Finger Death Punch 2

Operencia: The Stolen Sun

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Our World is Ended

Pagan Online

Prodeus

Psychonauts 2

Railroad Corporation

Raji: An Ancient Epic

Record of Agarest War: Marriage

Redout: Space Assault

Re-Legion

Relicta

Remnant: From the Ashes

RICO

Riverbond

Sea of Solitude

Skull and Bones

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts

Soundfall

Sparklite

Speaking Simulator

Steel Division 2

Stormdivers

Stranger Things: The Game

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones

Subdivision Infinity

Summer in Mara

The Church in the Darkness

The End of the Sun

The Forgotten City

The Last Campfire

The Outer Worlds

The Pathless

The Sojourn

The Surge 2

The Textorcist

Those Who Remain

Through the Darkest of Times

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two

Trine 4

Tunche

Tunic

Twin Mirror

Unheard

Unruly Heroes

Unto the End

Valfaris

Vanguard: Fight for Rudiarius

Void Bastards

Warhammer: Chaosbane

Warlocks 2: God Slayers

Weedcraft Inc.

What the Golf?

Windjammers 2

Wolfenstein: Youngblood

World War Z

Xenon Racer

PS4

Q1

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition - January 11

Onimusha: Warlords - January 15

Smoke and Sacrifice - January 15

Vane - January 15

Hell Warders - January 17

Octahedron - January 17

YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG - January 17

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown - January 18

Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal - January 18

Life is Strange 2 – Episode 2: Rules - January 24

Resident Evil 2 Remake - January 25

Genesis: Alpha One - January 29

Kingdom Hearts 3 - January 29

Animal Super Squad - February 1

8-Bit Hordes - February 1

The Occupation - February 5

Away: Journey to the Unexpected - February 5

God Eater 3 - February 8

Trials Rising - February 12

Outward - February 12

Degrees of Separation - February 14

Dead or Alive 6 - February 15

Far Cry: New Dawn - February 15

Jump Force - February 15

Metro: Exodus - February 15

Anthem - February 22

Dirt Rally 2.0 - February 26

ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove - March 1

Left Alive - March 5

Devil May Cry 5 - March 8

The Caligula Effect - March 12

The Division 2 - March 15

One Piece World Seeker - March 15

The Sinking City - March 21

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - March 22

Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World - March 26

ANNOUNCED

Comments

I wouldn't say the 3DS is a sinking ship. The WiiU was a sinking ship, which is why you've got a bunch of survivors lucky enough to catch a life-boat on the Switch. The 3DS is more on its final voyage, seeing all the sights it can before it makes port for the last time.

As for the Stranger Things game, you need not worry about it being a Telltale style release. They had a trailer for it at The Game Awards.

Off the top of my head, the only games releasing with a solid, definitive 2019 date I can claim excitement for are Devil May Cry 5 and Resident Evil 2 Remake. However, I'm more keen on Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Metroid Prime 4. I suppose I should also be excited for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice as I've loved every trailer I've seen of it, but I keep forgetting it was actually confirmed for March.

I think it was March.

I don't trust Ghosts of Tsushima is releasing in 2019, but if it is then that's my Sony exclusive of the year.

Now that I'm looking at the list, I am reminded that I'll be replaying the entire Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy on Switch at the end of February. Ah yeah, and Caligula Effect: Overdose. That's real close to Devil May Cry 5, but being on the Switch I could actually make time for it. I kickstarted Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, so we'll see how that goes once it lands.

Looking at everything without a release date, this could be a bigger year than I thought. I'm going to play every Final Fantasy that comes to Switch, guaranteed. The Pathless is probably the most interesting game I saw at the Video Game Awards due to its resemblance in parts (aesthetically and mechanically) to Breath of the Wild. Babylon's Fall is a PlatinumGames title, so naturally I'm excited despite knowing almost nothing about it. I'm similarly interested in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, as it's an action game on Nintendo Switch developed by Team Ninja. I'm actually interested in The Outer Worlds the more I hear about it. Definitely digging what Control is selling. Looking to grab Catherine: Full Body on release. I've grown a bit wary on Daemon X Machina, as the last gameplay they showed seemed... low-budget. Judgment and Man of Medan...